Word: swiftly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...enterprise of the Total Abstinence League in receiving such able and entertaining speakers as Col. Thomas W. Higginson and Gen. John L. Swift is to be greatly commended. Those who have been fortunate enough to listen to the scholarly and eloquent addresses of Col. Higginson and those who have heard the brilliant and witty speeches of Gen. Swift will appreciate the opportunity given them to-night. Col. Higginson is well known to us all. Of Gen. Swift, we would like to say that a more amusing speaker, a better story teller, has rarely appeared before American audiences. He is often...
Colonel Thomas W. Higginson and General Jonathan L. Swift, will address the Harvard Total Abstinence League Friday evening of this week at 7.30 o'clock...
...well this year. Its meetings have been well attended and its audiences very appreciative. Rev. Joseph Cook and Hon. Neal Dow have accepted invitations to address the League in the spring, Next Friday evening the League promises the college two rousing addresses from Col. Higginson and Gen. John L. Swift; the former is the well-known historian and lecturer, and the latter is the editor of The State, the organ of the Prohibition Party, and vice-president of the Massachusetts Temperance Society...
...will train the crew. They have as yet no training table, and no restrictions have so far been placed on their diet and beverages. It has always been felt that considerable valuable time has been lost each spring in changing from the action of hydraulic machines to the light swift shells that are used on the harbor, so that the practice in the tank is anxiously looked forward to. Of course all that the candidates can do in the way of speed is to churn up the water while the shell remains stationary. - New York Herald...
...wish to call the attention of the Directors of the Tennis Association, which I believe have charge of the tennis courts on Holmes Field, to the very great annoyance which arises from the want of back nets. The courts lie close together facing in every direction, so that a swift ball from one court will often roll through two or three others, causing great inconvenience to the players. The money for the back nets could no doubt easily be collected from those who play there frequently, as they would thus be saved the expense and inconvenience of "shacking...